bedtime for sleepy girls. and a little boy.

i am about to go to bed.
i am a sleepy, sleepy girl.
and so are my little buddies.

i have 3 dogs and a cat.
if you do not have a pet or multiple pets.
i suggest you get one.
or several.

they all sleep with me.
bobess the cat curls up in my hair.
lebron the baby boy by my feet.
and carter, the queen of the house, slips right in the middle of the bed.
making sure she takes up as much room as she possibly can.
all while my big girl, penelope, the great dane/pitt mix lies right outside the french doors of my bedroom.
on her huge stuffed caterpillar.

it's a great feeling.
my little fur covered babies waiting to go to bed.

they are looking at me now.
staring.
and if i don't go.
they'll make do with what they have.....

hi. i'm aunt jelly.

that's him. my nephew.
malaki.

he is about 6 months old now.
and i love him with every sense of the word.

he constantly smiles.
me and cody woke him up after a ten minute nap and he just giggled.
and raised his arms to be picked up.

i hold him underneath my arm like a football.
and i throw him in the air.
my brother gets so anxious about it.
but i do it anyway.
and malaki laughs like a beast.

he knows me by my lip ring.
and the pink hair.
and by the name "aunt jelly".

i noticed the other day that his eyes...
they are turning gray.
just like mine.
and it makes me smile.

and if you look in those eyes, it's awesome to know there is a person there.
just waiting,
waiting to speak.
waiting to examine and listen.
waiting to grow.
waiting to learn.

already knowing how to love.

love on polluted waters.

i love exploring.
walking.
last week cody and myself decided to take a walk by the polluted pond beside my house.
the super mario brother's lake.
named this because of the huge cylindrical metal....thing...sitting at the edge of it.
and every time we walk by.
we hum the super mario brother's theme.
you know. the original one.

anyway on this tuesday.
we filled our sippy cups with red bull and a little bit of vodka.
grabbed my camera.
and started off.

nature is amazing.
absolutely amazing.
the lines. the life.
the rawness.
it's just....wow.

well, when we reached the pond, we noticed something that wasn't there before.
by the side of the lake were two geese.
standing tall.
statuesque.
i ran back to my house.
RAN. and grabbed some Corn Pops.
i came back and as they swam, me and cody fed them delicious cereal.
we jokingly named them phillip and terrance.
as we walked along the side of the pond we noticed what seemed to be a nest.
perhaps....

well they're still there.
and honestly we cannot tell you which one is phillip or which one is terrance.
but we like to think they are a couple.
honeymooning.
spending time alone.
finding love on polluted waters.